diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h
index 9b469a4254b7..43d80763bb7d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.h
@@ -1222,6 +1222,7 @@ struct aac_dev
 	int			msi_enabled;	/* MSI/MSI-X enabled */
 	struct msix_entry	msixentry[AAC_MAX_MSIX];
 	struct aac_msix_ctx	aac_msix[AAC_MAX_MSIX]; /* context */
+	u8			adapter_shutdown;
 };
 
 #define aac_adapter_interrupt(dev) \
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/comminit.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/comminit.c
index 284b1c54be7f..27432b9ea235 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/comminit.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/comminit.c
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ int aac_send_shutdown(struct aac_dev * dev)
 	/* FIB should be freed only after getting the response from the F/W */
 	if (status != -ERESTARTSYS)
 		aac_fib_free(fibctx);
+	dev->adapter_shutdown = 1;
 	if ((dev->pdev->device == PMC_DEVICE_S7 ||
 	     dev->pdev->device == PMC_DEVICE_S8 ||
 	     dev->pdev->device == PMC_DEVICE_S9) &&
@@ -400,6 +401,7 @@ struct aac_dev *aac_init_adapter(struct aac_dev *dev)
 	}
 	dev->max_msix = 0;
 	dev->msi_enabled = 0;
+	dev->adapter_shutdown = 0;
 	if ((!aac_adapter_sync_cmd(dev, GET_COMM_PREFERRED_SETTINGS,
 	  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
 	  status+0, status+1, status+2, status+3, status+4))
@@ -511,6 +513,7 @@ static void aac_define_int_mode(struct aac_dev *dev)
 
 	int i, msi_count;
 
+	msi_count = i = 0;
 	/* max. vectors from GET_COMM_PREFERRED_SETTINGS */
 	if (dev->max_msix == 0 ||
 	    dev->pdev->device == PMC_DEVICE_S6 ||
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
index 75c3501e51b3..36653a9d9ade 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
@@ -713,7 +713,9 @@ static long aac_cfg_ioctl(struct file *file,
 		unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	int ret;
-	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
+	struct aac_dev *aac;
+	aac = (struct aac_dev *)file->private_data;
+	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO) || aac->adapter_shutdown)
 		return -EPERM;
 	mutex_lock(&aac_mutex);
 	ret = aac_do_ioctl(file->private_data, cmd, (void __user *)arg);